Dystroglycan Versatility
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Dystroglycan Versatility
cytoskeleton, thus stabilizing the muscle as it alternately Martin E. Hemler Dana-Farber Cancer Institute contracts and relaxes. In particular, the a-dystroglycan protein binds to the extracellular matrix protein Boston, Massachusetts 02115 laminin-2, while b-dystroglycan spans the membrane and links directly to dystrophin, and other cytoskeletal proteins in the dystrophin family (Figure 1A). T...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80764-3